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Mamdani and Lander join hands in NY mayoral elections
Early voting for the democratic primary starts on June 14.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Sat, 14, Jun 2025
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Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander are the two highest-ranking progressive candidates in the race / X/@Brad Lander
Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander cross-endorsed each other in the race for New York City Mayor’s chair on June 13.
Both candidates urged their respective supporters to rank the other second in an attempt to gain every advantage before early voting begins on June 14.
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Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander are the two highest-ranking progressive candidates in the race. The appeal came after the final Democratic primary debate during which both Mamdani and Lander attacked Cuomo, whereas Cuomo kept the majority of his focus on Mamdani, who is his closest competition.
Talking about the cross-voting appeal, Mamdani said on X, “We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.”
We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 13, 2025
We're cross endorsing @bradlander pic.twitter.com/1kHSd9uMTk
Lander also declared the decision on twitter and said, “Our campaign’s momentum is UNSTOPPABLE. Today @ZohranKMamdani (Mamdani) and I are officially cross-endorsing each other to join forces — and defeat @andrewcuomo (Cuomo).
BREAKING NEWS
— Brad Lander (@bradlander) June 13, 2025
Our campaign’s momentum is UNSTOPPABLE. Today @ZohranKMamdani and I are officially cross-endorsing each other to join forces — and defeat @andrewcuomo.
11 days. Let’s win. pic.twitter.com/BUHcR02a7X
This primary, New York city would be using Ranked-Choice voting for the second time in its history. The system allows voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference. While counting, the contenders with the fewest votes are eliminated round by round, with their support redistributed until one of them surpasses the 50 percent threshold.
Mamdani took to twitter to urge his voters to rank other candidates and said “Don’t just rank me — fill out the rest of your ballot.”
Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 4, 2025
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come. pic.twitter.com/bJcgxzt37S
In the video explanation, he pointed to graphics of Brad Lander, Eric Adams and Zellnor Myrie and campaigned for placing them on the second, third and fourth position.
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